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Christina Hassler focuses her practice on workers’ compensation, drawing on experience earned protecting the interests of insurers in private practice and as senior staff attorney at one of the nation’s largest property casualty insurers.. Tina’s effectiveness at serving her clients and aiding her colleagues is built on an ability to look at the “big picture” — including changing laws, regulations, and case law, as well as a firm’s or company’s overall strategies and long-term goals — while maintaining a mastery over the facts and details of the individual cases she handles. In her nearly 20-year career Tina has managed a consistently high volume of workers’ compensation matters — often up to 45 cases in a month. Tina has handled thousands of medical depositions and trial hearings involving lay witness litigation, no-fault litigation depositions, motion hearings on issues of subrogation, small claims court matters, and unemployment hearings. An exceptional negotiator and litigation manager, she has also presented and summarized cases to judges, filed memoranda of law, and drafted appeals in New York State Workers’ Compensation Court.. Tina brings to her clients at Goldberg Segalla a special insight and understanding from over six years as senior staff attorney to a major national insurer, implementing and managing the workers’ compensation practice there. In that role Tina collaborated with offices throughout the country to ensure consistent practice standards and procedures; ensured proper Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Freedom of Information Law request compliance; and cross-trained litigation, workers’ compensation, and subrogation departments on the interplay of legal issues in insurance coverage. A frequent speaker who has presented on New York State Workers’ Compensation Law and related issues before industry leaders, she has also trained management and employees on effective negotiation of settlements, updated case law, and file strategies.. Tina carries that in-house counsel point-of-view with her into private practice, which reinforces trust as a priority of the attorney-client relationship. She remains committed to evaluating the programs she has designed and managed and the services she provides against standard metrics and — above all else — client expectations.

Attorney Robert Ross Fogg is a proven advocate, both inside and outside of the courtroom. A consummate professional dedicated to serving his clients, Attorney Fogg has successfully litigated a series of notable cases throughout his decade of practice. Mr. Fogg also volunteers his time and expertise as a legal expert and motivational speaker for various community and civic organizations.

As an attorney with a background in law, management, and public policy at the state, federal, and international levels, Aaron Aisen brings a unique perspective to Goldberg Segalla, where his practice primarily focuses on handling compliance and other regulatory matters for clients in the financial arena, especially in the insurance and reinsurance industries.. Aaron has hands-on understanding of a variety of federal and state financial laws and regulations. He has previous experience as a compliance investigations officer at a major international bank where he gained experience with the Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations in addition to various other banking regulations. He has helped clients navigate the regulatory landscape in a number of areas including Dodd-Frank, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA)/Regulation Z, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and other state and federal statutes and regulations in the area of financial regulation, consumer protection, and cybersecurity/data privacy. Aaron has also advised on various regulatory requirements associated with multi-million and billion dollar transactions.. He has assisted clients in responding to regulatory actions by various regulators including FINRA.  He has also assisted clients with understanding the potential impact of proposed legislation and regulation such as the new, first-of-its-kind cyber security regulation for financial institutions in New York, and the impact of Dodd-Frank on proposed state legislation. In addition, he has experience with litigation in several areas including regulatory enforcement, insurance coverage, commercial and contract disputes, intellectual property, personal injury, and civil rights.. Aaron is a frequent author of blog posts and widely distributed articles focusing on a variety of financial, cybersecurity/data privacy, and other regulatory issues, including the impact of Dodd Frank on the insurance industry,  U.S. and EU Solvency II issues, the Affordable Care Act, the Solvency Modernization Initiative and Principle-Based Reserving and the impact of anti-money laundering regulations and other anti-corruption provisions on the insurance and reinsurance industries.. Aaron’s background includes experience in several legislative offices — at the state and federal levels — and at the United Kingdom House of Commons in London. He also interned at the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office in Rochester, New York, and the City of Rochester Law Department, where he assisted with regulatory enforcement and litigation. During law school, he was a student clerk for an administrative law judge with the New York State Division of Human Rights and for then-Justice Salvatore Martoche of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department. While earning his juris doctor at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, Aaron was an executive editor of the Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal and sat on the Jessup International Moot Court Board. During law school, he spent a semester at the University of Glasgow in Scotland where he studied European Union law, UK administrative, labor and tax law, and international criminal law.. Aaron recently served as co-convener of the Campus Ministries Association at the University at Buffalo. He currently serves as co-chair of the Young Lawyers Committee at the Bar Association of Erie County.

As an attorney for over 40 years, I have the experience as well as the expertise to address a variety of legal problems and issues. In my practice, I regularly appear in local, county and state and federal courts, and I have successfully handled appeals to the New York Appellate Division as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals. I would be pleased to speak to you personally about your legal needs.

As a member of the Complete Counsel team at LoTempio P.C. Law Group, Amanda Zafur concentrates her practice in the areas of Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability. She has the ability to relate to her clients’ struggles with lost wages and mounting medical costs, and guides them through the complex Workers’ Comp and Social Security systems. She’s able to handle all aspects of New York State Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Administration claims. From filing the initial documentation, to investigating your case and representing you in hearings and appeals, Ms. Zafur remains transparent throughout the entire process.. Ms. Zafur graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts Honors in Political Science. She obtained her Juris Doctor from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, where she was elected Vice President of the Domestic Violence Task Force. Ms. Zafur also served as Associate Editor to the Buffalo Journal of Gender Law & Social Policy, and was selected to participate on the SUNY Buffalo Law National Trial Team. Ms. Zafur also served as a legal intern for the Honorable Barbara Howe of Erie County Surrogate’s Court.. Ms. Zafur is admitted to practice in New York State and the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. She is a member of the Erie County Bar Association and the Minority Bar Association of Western New York. She’s influential in the Western New York community as a member of Dress for Success Buffalo, the BISON Children's Scholarship Fund President's Council and Sass & Success, a networking group focused on empowering women professionals.. Ms. Zafur also assists with Personal Injury and Criminal matters as well.

Anthony is an aggressive and proactive attorney practicing in the areas of military law, security clearance representation, federal labor and employment, private employment/corporations and criminal defense. As a Partner at Tully Rinckey, Anthony has served as Managing Partner of three separate offices - Buffalo, Syracuse and Binghmton and as the Practice Chair for three separate practice areas - Military Law, National Security/Security Clearance and Education Law.  Anthony serves as a member of the firm's Executive Committee and as the Chair of the firm's Business Development Committee.  Anthony is the Chair of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 VETCON Alliance and the Chair of the Bar Asscoiateion of Erie County's Committee for Service Members and Veterans' Legal Issues.  Anthony co-founded and instucts as an adjunct professor the University at Buffalo School of Law Veterans Law Practicum. Anthony has spent more than 26 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve. He has served as a senior drill sergeant, first sergeant and acting commander of a combat engineer drill sergeant company and acting Operations SGM at a Brigade Headquarters. As an attorney, Anthony has successfully represented service members, veterans, federal agents and employees in actions involving administrative separations, medical disability retirements, criminal matters, security clearance revocations and suspensions, VA service-connected compensation matters, ROTC disenrollments, and more. Anthony has represented many clients before the DOHA, DOE, DHS, FBI, military Administrative Separation Boards, multiple branches' Formal Physical Evaluation Boards (PEB), ROTC Disenrollment hearings, hearings before the Board of Veterans Appeals, and more.. Anthony is a VA accredited attorney and is admitted to practcie before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the Criminal Court of Appeals for the Navy-Marine Corps, the Criminal Court of Appeals for the Air Force, The Army Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Armed Forces Criminal Court of Appeals.  Anthony is also currently a member of multiple not-for-profit boards, and he serves as general counsel for local for profit and not-for-profit corporations.

A graduate of Cornell University and the University at Buffalo Law School, I have been representing people with common legal problems since 1988.  I realize that every case is the most important case for the people involved, so I handle each case personally.  My goal is generally to get a fair resolution of the case for my client with a minimum of stress and expense.